Wildfires
Sear Thousands Of Acres Near Los Angeles
October 13, 2008
Two major fires and several
lesser ones ravaged areas throughout California over the past
few days destroying homes and mandating evacuations.
Spread out of control by winds gusting to 70 miles per hour,
over 15 square miles have been scorched, with at least 10 houses
and three dozen mobile homes destroyed and two human fatalities.
Martin St. John
speaks to evacuees who lost their home in Lopez Canyon.
On Sunday, Muttshack volunteers
at Kagel Canyon were under mandatory evacuation. The
Wildlife Waystation was also evacuated. By Monday, Lake
View Terrace, a heavily animal populated neighborhood with
several horse ranches and a polo club was evacuated. About
350 horses were evacuated from Kagel Canyon, Lake View Terrace
and Porter Ranch. Martin St. John of Muttshack Animal
Rescue evacuated the offices with three dogs, birds and a cat.
This is the first time he had to implement his own pet
evacuation plan.
He has been in constant contact with the
local shelters to assist with any pet and animal emergencies and
has been in contact with Dr. Chris Carroll, Disaster Response
Coordinator, Wendel Bowers and Cathy Davis, Incident Commanders
at Hansen Dam EOC MuttShack Animal Services Disaster
Response is working to support Los Angeles animal services
filling in any pet evacuation gaps and providing support.
Muttley and Roxie, evacuated pets, interviewed by local news.
A mobile unit has been deployed
at the emergency shelter and animals are being housed at Los
Angeles Animal Services.
Emergency
vehicles positioned for deployment at Hansen Dam Recreation
Center in Lake View Terrace.
Emergency
Operation Center debriefing.
As of this writing Lake View
Terrace is still under evacuation orders. To support MuttShack
Animal Rescue,
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When the going gets tough ~ the tough go
shopping...
MuttShack Joins with
FetchDog to
put even more joy back into giving.
Shopping helps
fund the amazing animal rescue project ~ The Katrina Promise!
MuttShack is gearing up for Hurricane season with several training
events planned in Louisiana. We made a promise that we will
never leave pets behind again.
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and a percentage of all your purchases goes to MuttShack. You can even jump in
and help us purchase emergency shelter crates directly sending them
to MuttShack!
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will track ALL your purchases—whether from our recommendations or
not—and will donate a percentage of those proceeds to MuttShack
Animal Rescue. There is no added cost to you—just do your routine
shopping and FetchDog donates a portion of the sale, on behalf of
Amanda and Marty, to animal disaster response nationwide.
Hope for animals
shelter in Thibodaux, LA was completely destroyed during Gustav
when a 60 foot tree crashed down on the structure, fortunately
none of the animals were injured. MuttShack Volunteers
assisted in salvage and cleanup operations. There is an
urgent need for donations for Igloos to accommodate animals for
the winter.
Devastated
Shelters in Louisiana Need Help Now Please!
Photo: Mary Karr
- Jarman Photography
With Gustav behind them and Ike
winding it's way to Arkansas and downsizing for the Midwest,
MuttShack Animal Rescue volunteers continue to set up camp
in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, in the town of Denham
Springs and are busy resurrecting the animal shelter that
was devastated by Gustav.
MuttShack At Baton Rouge Pet Evacuation Transport Training
What to do with the family pets when you get the order to
evacuate
July 5,
2008
The Pets Evacuation and Transportation
Standards (PETS) Act of 2006 mandates all
state and local emergency plans address the
needs of individuals with household pets and
service animals.
Amanda St. John, of MuttShack Animal Rescue
the pet transportation partner for the State
of Louisiana said, "We ’re working with
GOHSEP, LSART and the parishes to practice our
evacuation modules and have plans in
place to assure pets are evacuated along with
their owners to keep people and their pets
together.”
Amazing Animal Rescue Project !
The Katrina Promise
MuttShack Nominated for Humane
Society of Louisiana Award
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The
Katrina Promise
When Katrina hit, an incredible group of dedicated volunteers went
to East New Orleans. Despite overwhelming devastation and
hardship they rescued over 3,000 pets. MuttShack operated
a MASH unit, pet shelter and an aggressive dog clinic run by Jim
Crosby, canine aggression specialist.
MuttShack then stayed and lobbied in support of Senator Fontenot's Pets
Act, winning the right for people to evacuate with their pets.
But the crisis is not over
The Act does not provide for all the supplies, equipment and
training that is necessary pre-storm.
Even though people will be evacuated with their pets, supplies and
trained volunteers are still desperately needed. Watch the
video and see how you can play a part.
MuttShack Renews Its Katrina Promise
at the Jefferson Parish Hurricane Summit
New
Orleans, June 20, 2008
“No animals will be left behind” was the clear message to the
public at the Jefferson Parish Hurricane Summit.
Jefferson Parish
residents attended demonstrations and presentations on State and
Parish preparations for the 2008 Hurricane Season at the Eastbank Regional Library, 4747 West Napoleon Avenue in Metairie
on Friday, May 30th. Kaye harris
MuttShack Captain Kaye Harris
- Addresses the audience in Jefferson
Four Dogs and Wedding Party
Evacuated by Helicopter from Advancing Sierra Madre Fire
A wedding party for Ken and Julie Grady consisting of 45
people and four pets were asked to shelter in place at Sturtevant Camp;
the party was safely evacuated Sunday morning. When the airlift
came, all pets were evacuated with their humans.
MuttShack Animal Rescue visited the Red cross Shelters and spoke with
several evacuees who had brought their pets.
Martin
of MuttShack with Rumbero - Evacuee looking for a steak!
St. Bernard Saved
from Death Row
Was it fate? Who knows,
but whatever made Jessica look on Craigslist this morning must be
the hand of Clunky's guardian angel. There he was, the St. Bernard
she had to give up in college two years earlier. Frantic, Jessica
jumped into her car and drove to Los Angeles from San Diego, only
to find that the previous owners had labeled Clunky aggressive,
and therefore he was not adoptable to the public, only to Rescue
Organizations.
Jessica hugs "Clunky" rescued hours before his euthanasia.
Volunteers in Korea Fight to Rescue Dogs to be
Kept as Pets and not Food
MuttShacker, Young Lee is doing groundbreaking work in South Korea
establishing the first MuttShack dog rescue safe houses in Jang
Yu, South Korea. The houses are staffed by volunteers who
take care of the rescued dogs, socialize them and get them healthy
and then promote them and find them new homes.
Courageous
Rescuers Rush to Save Goats on Farm
Seattle, WA
Rescue arrived in time for some, but too late for others
The owner was a rescuer who had taken on many animals and had collected
a large number of unwanted goats, geese, ducks chickens and one Llama
but it appears it all got out of hand when she herself became ill. READ
MOREWATCH VIDEO
Dog rescued from California fire
Zone to get new knee
CARR - Jack, a
2-year-old Shiba Inu/dachshund mix rescued after this summer's
California wildfires, can now get a much-needed knee replacement
after a local animal rescue raised enough money for the surgery.
After three weeks,
Denkai
Animal Sanctuary raised
$2,200 to cover the cost of Jack's surgery, as well as an emergency
surgery required by another dog rescued after the fires, said
sanctuary priesdent Floss Blackburn.
READ MORE
Pony gets
Rare Prosthetic Limb
Surgeon performs rare surgery giving pony a new limb. A pony whose life
was doomed when her leg was irreparably damaged now walks with an
artificial limb. Thanks to Kaye Harris her amazing owner and the unprecedented surgery
by Drs. Rustin Moore and Dr. Vidal of LSU School of Veterinary Medicine.
Kaye Harris, ran the MASH triage in New Orleans, at the Lake Castle
School rescuing over 3,000 animals.
VIDEO:
MuttShack talks to Val
Kilmer who supports and feeds 100 animals daily in
Mexico. Thanks Val!